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Murphy Burke served in World War 2 because he thought it was the thing an American should do. He feels his experience...

Albert Elmer "John" Cummings was stationed near the tower for dive submarines [Annotator's Note: in Pearl Harbor,...

James Francis McCorriston was born in Trenton, New Jersey, in February 1925, but grew up in Florence, New Jersey....

William Lee Barnes does not remember seeing the island of Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan], but he does...

John Nicholas was born in Marysville, Michigan in December 1924. He grew up in Marysville with his half brother and...

Doyle “Bill” C. Hilson’s most memorable experience of World War 2 was bringing troops home as part of Operation Magic...

The Laffey escorted a ship named the Dashing Wave [Annotator's Note: SS Dashing Wave] all the way back to the States [...

Joseph Fisher remembers that they would have air raids with one or two planes at a time. The Japs [Annotator's Note: a...

When Peter Newberg got back to Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii], he was sent to a Marine training...

Edward Chinnis and his fellow sailors hated the Japanese even after the war ended. Chinnis was on occupation duty for...

The USS West Virginia (BB-48) was raised from the bottom of Pearl Harbor. Archie Kelley was there during part of that...

[Annotator's Note: William G. Roy served in the Navy as a Photographer's Mate 2nd Class aboard the aircraft carrier USS...

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